diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Classloader.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Classloader.java
index 643cd9656..0a441d5f9 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Classloader.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Classloader.java
@@ -225,9 +225,9 @@ public class Classloader extends Task {
                 for (int i = 0; i < list.length; i++) {
                     File f = new File(list[i]);
                     if (f.exists()) {
-                        acl.addPathElement(f.getAbsolutePath());
                         log("Adding to class loader " +  acl + " " + f.getAbsolutePath(),
                                 Project.MSG_DEBUG);
+                        acl.addPathElement(f.getAbsolutePath());
                     }
                 }
             }